Naloxone reversal of opioid anesthesia revisited: clinical evaluation and plasma concentration analysis of continuous naloxone infusion after anesthesia with high-dose fentanyl Masahiko TakahashiKimitoshi SugiyamaKiyoshi Kusaka Original articles Pages: 1 - 8
Oral etodolac, a COX-2 inhibitor, reduces postoperative pain immediately after fast-track cardiac surgery Shiro KoizukaShigeru SaitoFumio Goto OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 13
Accuracy of a point-of-care blood gas analyzer in gastric tonometry measurements of intramucosal pH (pHi) and PCO 2 gap Hiroshi DohgomoriKazuhiro ArikawaYuichi Kanmura OriginalPaper Pages: 14 - 17
Intraoperative spinal cord monitoring of motor function with myogenic motor evoked potentials: a consideration in anesthesia Masahiko KawaguchiHitoshi Furuya Review articles Pages: 18 - 28
The role of interventional pain management in chronic pain Alex CahanaPhilippe MavrocordatosSetsuro Ogawa OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 35
Intravenous infusion of adenosine 5″-triphosphate alleviated a disabling postherpetic neuralgia Masakazu HayashidaKanako SatoKazuo Hanaoka Clinical reports Pages: 36 - 38
Patient-controlled sedation using propofol in eight patients with endstage renal failure Manabu KakinohanaJoho TokumineKazuhiro Sugahara OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 42
Body movement during propofol anesthesia appears to be related to the individual rather than to environmental conditions Osamu NagataTae IgarashiMakoto Ozaki OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 44
Anesthetic management of lumbar discectomy in a pregnant patient Leyla İyİlİkÇİSerhat ErbayraktarSevİnÇ Sannav OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 47
Respiratory failure caused by massive pleural effusion in a patient with deep neck abscess Keisuke YamadaKazumi HashimotoKeizo Shibata OriginalPaper Pages: 48 - 50
Volatile induction and maintenance of anesthesia using laryngeal mask airway in pediatric patients GÖnÜl Tezcan KeleŞVerda ToprakNurettin LÜleci OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 54
Emergency airway management of patients with peritonsillar abscess Kazumi OnoChiharu HirayamaHidekuni Hidaka OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 58
Effect of tube guide assembly of closed suction system on airway pressure gradient Kunihiko HoshiChikanobu SasakiShuh Matsukawa Short communications Pages: 59 - 61
Perioperative hypercoagulability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Sonoclot study Yukiko MukuboMiwako Kawamata OriginalPaper Pages: 62 - 64
“Takotsubo”-shaped cardiomyopathy manifesting as perioperative T-wave inversion Kyung-Ho ChangMakoto OgawaKazuo Hanaoka Letters to the editor Pages: 65 - 65
“Takotsubo”-shaped cardiomyopathy manifesting as perioperative T-wave inversion: a reply Masahiro IdeYoshiyasu EsakiHiroko Kato OriginalPaper Pages: 66 - 66
Fundamentals of Anaesthesia, 2nd ed., by Colin Pinnock, Ted Lin, and Tim Smith; Associate Editor, Robert Jones (Greenwich Medical Media, Greenwich, UK, 2003. 952 pp. $57.50) Naosuke Sugai Book reviews Pages: 67 - 67
“This is no humbug!” Reminiscences of the Department of Anesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital. A History, edited by Richard J. Kitz (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA, 2003. 459 pp.) Takahisa Goto OriginalPaper Pages: 68 - 69
